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[vr_trakowski]

Fifteen months ago I started a scrap of story, not thinking much of it at the time.  It grew, so I kept working on it, idly thinking that it would be a longer story than the one that it followed, but not that much longer.  Heck, when I started posting in August, I thought it was almost finished.

Hah. 

Well, it's late May, over a year later, and now it's done. 

"Halfway to the Moon" clocks in at forty chapters.  163 pages at Verdana 8 pt.  And a whopping total of 162,954 words.  That's bigger than my Prey novella, and took much less time to write.  Of course, there are longer stories out there, but this is definitely a first for me. 

Writing HTTM has taught me that I can in fact handle a long story, that I can generally manage at least 3,200 words or so per week if I push myself, that I can keep characters true even when they're off in an alternate universe, and that I never never never intend to start posting again unless I have everything finished but the tweaks. 

This story has been a challenge in many ways, but it's also been a joy.  I've had the humbling pleasure of many kind reviews and much support.  Trialia, Eileen, Ligaras, Jpsets, Anne, Ricker, CSINut214, ATrueParrothead, Jtbwriter, Smrozier, Wobbear, DaVinci13, Susanmary and many, many others have kept me going on this.  Thank you. 

And thank you to Cincoflex, the Queen of betas.  She has patiently helped me refine HTTM even when I should have been doing other things, has put up with my whines and worries, and gently polished my ideas.  I quite literally couldn't have done it without her. 

Thanks for reading, folks.  Thanks for putting up with all the OCs, and the AU, and the time it took to get Grissom and Sara together.  It's a bit of a relief to have the pressure off, but I know I'll miss the writing too... 

...And I reserve the right to more stories in the RC universe.  *grin*  This is not a promise, mind you, just an option. 

Comments

[maggienhawk.livejournal.com]

I would just like to say Thank You.

I was once a huge CSI/GSR fan, but life got in the way this year, and with the dip in quality of the actual show (minus the season finale...omg still having heart palpitations) I was no longer interested in fanfiction. I felt like I had read all that I could read, and even stopped writing stories myself. I had no motivation to have anything to do with CSI.

But I started reading HTTM when you first started writing it, and every week that it was posted I kept coming back for more. It seriously has been the only CSI fanfic I have read in months. And it was fabulous. You were always true to the characters, even with the AU storyline. The OCs made for enjoyable obstacles and sideplots along the way.

I know I'm not the most avid reviewer, but I like to leave reviews once stories are finished (hypicritcal for a fanfic WIP writer I know). This has been one of my favorite CSI stories to date, and I've been reading for 3 years now (almost to the day actually) and have probably read over a thousand stories. Congrats on finishing, and again thank you for this wonderful piece of work.

Maggienhawk/Heather

[vr-trakowski.livejournal.com]

*blush* Thank you! I'm glad you kept coming back, and that you liked my OCs. And hey, I understand the waiting until stories are finished--I do it myself for various reasons.

I have to add...your icon really tickles me. :D

[maggienhawk.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It serves it purpose then...

I stole it from somewhere for the exact same reason. And it was extra funny to me case I'm a marine biologist...Hee!